Journal article
Exploring the influences of country-level factors on mature-aged women’s drink driving attitudes
Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.30, pp.57-65
2015
Abstract
The current study examined drink driving attitudes among mature-aged women in Sweden and Australia, two countries with a Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) limit of 0.02% and 0.05%, respectively. The study aimed to identify attitudes that might influence drink driving tendency among this group of women and further show how these attitudes vary across countries. Using an ethnographic approach, 15 mature-aged women (Sweden: mean age = 52.5 years, SD = 4.8; Australia: mean age 52.2 years, SD = 3.4) were interviewed in each country. General patterns and themes from the data were developed using thematic analysis methods. The findings indicate that while women in both countries viewed drink driving negatively, the understanding of what the concept entailed differed between the two samples. The Swedish women appeared to cognitively separate alcohol consumption and driving, and consequently, drink driving was often spoken of as driving after any alcohol consumption. The Australian women's understanding of drink driving was more closely related to the legal BAC limit. However, for some Australian women, a "Grey Zone" existed, which denoted driving with a BAC of just above the enforceable limit. While illegal, these instances were subjectively seen as similar to driving with a BAC of just under the legal limit and therefore not morally reprehensible. The practice of cognitively separating drinking from driving appeared to have implications for the tendency to drink and drive among the interviewed women. These findings are discussed in relation to current policy and legislation in Australia and the need for further research into mature-aged women's drink driving is outlined.
Details
- Title
- Exploring the influences of country-level factors on mature-aged women’s drink driving attitudes
- Authors
- Hanna Watling (Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyKerry Ann Armstrong (Author) - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication details
- Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, Vol.30, pp.57-65
- Publisher
- Pergamon
- Date published
- 2015
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.trf.2015.02.001
- ISSN
- 1369-8478
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2015. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- Road Safety Research Collaboration; School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450716002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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